#mario vs dk

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Mario loves you.

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Just a little cute idea I had ;)

I watched a YouTuber play this cuz I wasn’t paying 60 for that, but I really liked the cutscenes and the mini Marios to make a little something. I know that dk, Luigi, peach, and Pauline get their own toys in a later game but I like to make up in-game realities so what can I say

Also, WHEN IS NINTENDO GONNA RELEASE A LUIGI TOY FIGURE/PLUSH!? OR OF ANY OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS!?

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Happy Week of MAR10!!! I think this'll be posted after the big day but y'know what got released then? Mario Vs. Donkey Kong on NSO!!! which really opens up a lot of avenues in my eyes for future NSO Ports and remakes like wow I'd love a Paper Mario 64 Remake like TTYD got one or perhaps original Prime on GCNSO. so many possibilities! probably won't be much though...

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It's Mario VS Donkey Kong in this mini-Mario maelstrom of action!

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Hes so cute...

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That one Mario vs Donkey Kong render but it's the styles by Masanori Sato

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Cranky Kong Is The Original Donkey Kong

For some reason there are people that still don't realize Cranky Kong is intended to be the original Donkey Kong. So I decided to make this post about Donkey Kong Senior and why he is the original.

So first off in Donkey Kong Country's opening you have Cranky Kong on top of the Classic Steel Gutters from the original Donkey Kong Arcade game, with the arcade theme playing. Only to be interrupted by his Grandson with boombox playing the DKC theme. This is a meta way of showing the 2 different generations of Kongs, and basically telling the player Cranky is the original Donkey Kong.

But if that's not enough the DKC manual on page 6 has the story of the game in it. In this straight up says that Cranky Kong is the original Donkey, and the current Donkey Kong is his grandson. "To see the familar wrinkled, white-bearded, grouchy face of his old granddad 'Cranky Kong' peering down at hi,. In his heyday, Cranky was the original Donkey Kong who battled Mario in several of his own games." Also, the Japanese manual further expands upon this detail.

In Donkey Kong Country 2 GBA's Prologue Cranky references his past of kidnapping maidens and throwing barrels, and how he'd do it quite a bit. This would be a reference to games like the original Donkey Kong Arcade game, Donkey Kong 94, and the Game & Watch Gallery games. "I never did, whisking off maidens and throwing barrels around seven days a week, I was."

There is a line from DKC2 Diddy's Kong Quest that Cranky says further confirming this. "Say hello to your old grandpappy Cranky. I'm back by popular demand to offer my wealth of gameplay wisdom for this unnecessary sequel."

While some people think this was forgotten about, in the manual for Donkey Kong Country Returns on page 25 Cranky is again called Donkey Kong the Third's grandfather. "Donkey Kong’s white-bearded, grouchy grandfather." In addition when leaving is Cranky Kong's Shop you can get this line of dialogue from Cranky, "glad I could help my grandson overcome this deadly challenge in exchange for a little cash money." Alongside several more lines of dialogue you can get confirming he is Donkey Kong the Third's grandfather. "Well, you've amazed your old grandpa by getting this far." "You made it all the way to the Volcano! You may have some of your grandpappy in you after all."

Before this in Mario Superstar Baseball in the Exhibition Records of the MVP we get more confirmation of this fact in DK's description. "His ancestor, the original Donkey Kong, wore no necktie." Note, this would be referring to the events of DKA when he didn't wear one.

On a side tangent, I find it interesting Cranky in game and in the manual represents the toxic gamers that usually of an older generation who are never satisfied, complains about certain characters getting games, compares newer games to older games, blinded by nostalgia, and gatekeeps gaming.

Back on track in a Nintendo Online Magazine we get a information for each of the Kongs. Cranky's and DK's solidify Cranky being the original DK and the current DK's grandfather. Btw, NOM is an official product these come beginning of a NOM interview with Miyamoto. The following are basic Google Translations but they are accurate. The original Donkey Kong(Cranky) "He passed on his named 'Donkey Kong' to his grandson. Since then, he has been called Cranky and is loved as the elder member of the Kong family." Donkey Kong "Grandon of the original Donkey Kong. he took on the name 'Donkey Kong' from the original in 'Donkey Kong Country' (SNES)." Also, the reason his grandson can't be the original Donkey Kong let alone DK Jr. is because he first met Pauline in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! "He instantly fell in love with Pauline as soon as he saw her at the theme park's opening ceremony." And in said game Mario is also wearing his Modern Outfit and not his Classic Outfit. On top of this is in Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mario seems to not have met this DK yet calling him a big monkey.

Now one final thing to note is in Donkey Kong Banaza dialogue from Cranky Kong and the 8-Bit DK Fossil both further confirm Cranky is the original Donkey Kong.

With all that being said I would like to point out something interesting. While Nintendo of Japan has rejected and changed SOME of the lore from the Rare games. See my posts on Dixie & Kiddy Kong's relationship, Dixie & Tiny Kong's relationship, and Kremis Island for what I am talking about. One of the things they have chosen not to change and keep extremely consistent is the fact that the original Donkey Kong is Cranky Kong in his prime. Follow Up

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Happy birthday to Mario!

(Also to Donkey Kong and Pauline…)